Building Preservation Issues in Vermont:
Substitute Materials and Historic Buildings
Hotel Windham lobby, Bellows Falls, VT
Photo by Sanders H. Milens
Increasingly, inauthentic substitute materials are available as replacements for character-defining features of historic properties. Below are a few resources to help you understand why or why not to use non-historic materials in your preservation project.
The National Park Service Preservation Brief #16
The Use of Substitue Materials on Historic Buildings
The National Park Service Preservation Brief #8
Aluminum and Vinyl Siding on Historic Buildings – The Appropriateness of Substitute Materials for Resurfacing Historic Wood Frame Buildings
National Park Service, Technical Preservation Services
Evaluating Substitute Materials in Historic Buildings
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